First patient dies of COVID-19 in Brunei: reports
Moscow/Sputnik/UNI: The first patient has died of the coronavirus disease in Brunei, media reported on Saturday, citing the national Ministry of Health.
According to the Borneo Bulletin newspaper, the victim is a 64-year-old man, who arrived from Cambodia on March 4.
The ministry said it had conducted about 5,000 coronavirus tests. The country confirmed 115 cases of COVID-19, with 11 people having already recovered.
The World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a pandemic on March 11. To date, more than 590,000 people have been infected with the coronavirus worldwide, with over 27,000 fatalities, according to Johns Hopkins University.
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